USADA suspends UFC’s Abdul-Kerim Edilov 15 months for meldonium

Abdul-Kerim Edilov has yet to make his UFC debut, and he’ll have to wait longer still.The Chechen light heavyweight has been given a 15-month suspension by USADA for testing positive for the prohibited substance meldonium in an out-of-competition drug test back in January, the UFC’s anti-doping partner announced Friday. His suspension is retroactive to Jan. 7, 2016, the date the sample was collected. Edilov will be eligible for his first UFC fight in April.Meldonium, which has been p